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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

Edsurge

Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER). As such, whether these platforms can refer to themselves as 100% open is up for debate. See two sides of the argument here and here.). A bit scary, right?

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

The district has been recognized as a Digital Promise School District from the League of Innovative Schools, and has received an Apple Distinguished Program Award. The district is also a Digital Citizenship Certified District. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Common Sense Education – Great free PD resources for digital citizenship and online learning for all educators. Find examples and encourage teachers to plan lessons that help students understand how to learn in the both the digital world and in a world with no digital technology. Enjoy the many ideas and resources!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

That’s Rohit Agarwal who headed the K–12 education division after his math company TenMarks was acquired by Amazon in 2013. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) Google launched a “ Be Internet Awesome ” digital citizenship campaign in June.

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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit - 110 sessions + 80 replays #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Digital Citizenship ? Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ?

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The 2013 Reform Symposium This Week - Online, Free, and with Amazing Speakers and Presenters

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Sugata Mitra 2:00pm Creativity with Kids - Using Online Tools - Michelle Worgan Ensuring that an educational technology project succeeds- Terry Freedman Leveraging Mobile Devices to Develop Autonomy in Reluctant Learners - Rafranz Davis Rethinking the Importance of Digital Citizenship at Your School - Holly Clark The Power of Educational Infographics (..)